Gion Shirakawa is in the entertainment district near Yasaka Shrine. Traditional wooden houses, restaurants and teahouses (machiya) along the stream create a special atmosphere. Especially in spring, pink flowers of cherry trees and fresh green weeping willows show a nice contrast. If you are lucky, you might see some wedding couples in kimono, geisha or maiko on the street. They have a light-up event in the sakura season. Cherry blossoms in the daytime are colorful and cheerful, but in the nighttime, they show us their glamorous side!
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Kyoto Gion Shirakawa Street
Charming cherry tree walkway along a stream

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Wedding couple in kimono under the cherry blossoms

Cherry trees and machiya houses

Pink flowers of cherry trees and fresh green weeping willows show a nice contrast

Cherry blossoms, blue sky, and calm stream

Tunnel of cherry blossoms

Gorgeous!

Weeping cherry tree

Gion Shirakawa is in the entertainment district

Special atmosphere of Gion Shirakawa Street

Weeping willows

Cherry blossoms in the daytime are colorful and cheerful

Couple in kimono with traditional parasols

Shirakawa Stream
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Yoke Fong Chin
10 years ago
Grand opening after closed for so many years
Wanida Kaewwong
11 years ago
Wow !! , so beautiful cherry blossom.
I wanna to take more photos too.
I wanna to take more photos too.
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I wanna to take more photos too.